Sentences with phrase «of safety net programs»

However, the cumulative effect of safety net programs has been demonstrably positive.

The question, then as now, is whether freedom and republican virtue can be squared with the existence of safety net programs and some version of the modern regulatory state.

Not exact matches

The heavy spending on social programs succeeded in providing a safety net to keep many people out of poverty, but it has done nothing to spur job creation.

Of course, when the federal government and states make changes to hunger programs, it has a direct and hard - hitting impact on the groups that act as a safety net.

With the growing affluence generated by the Industrial Revolution, however, came the gradual rise of the welfare state, a safety net woven from myriad programs offering cash and services to anyone who was poor, disabled or involuntarily unemployed.

Our extensive U.S. Program partnerships with a network of local safety net clinics and health centers provides the foundation for the speed of our response and the magnitude and quality of our recovery efforts.

Safety - net programs that help low and moderate - income working families, as well as those among us who are elderly, poor, disabled and neglected, account for only 13 % of the total 2011 federal budget.

The truth is, at some point in life and regardless of income, virtually every American will benefit in some way from a social safety - net program, whether through a social security check, an unemployment benefit or a school lunch.

In Muslim countries, religious groups largely control the «safety net» of programs for the poor and administer them.

No state or federal child safety - net program allocates dollars specifically for the purchase of diapers.

FRAC works with a broad range of national and state partners to protect and strengthen the federal nutrition programs and ensure a strong and effective national nutrition safety net for vulnerable, low - income individuals and families.

And instead of reducing or dropping programs like the NSLP, she thinks such programs should be expanded to provide what she describes as a «food safety net» particularly for children living in low - income households.

This review is a summary of proposed reductions to SNAP and an overview of how other critical nutrition programs and other social safety net programs fare in the president's budget.

The PPA will help represent the state pediatric dentistry association in promoting children's oral health issues with the state legislature and other elected bodies, state regulatory agencies (including Medicaid and health departments), licensing bureaus, professional health and child welfare organizations, oral health coalitions, foundations, institutions of dental education, publicly - funded safety net programs, and the private sector benefits industry.

, «$ 2.6 trillion could be saved -LSB-...] It's possible to achieve all the budget savings we need for the next 10 years simply by cutting the fat out of discretionary spending programs and tax expenditures [i.e., cutting the corporate welfare] without raising tax rates on the wealthy or cutting the safety net at all.»

As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after budget cuts to services, schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met by passing Fair Elections.

Congresswoman Tenney voted in support of the Republican House Budget Resolution, which aims to slash government safety - net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

«The federal budget is a reflection of our values and priorities and it would be irresponsible and disastrous for Congress to implement budget cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Social Security, and other social and safety net programs.

As one of the largest Jewish social safety net programs in the U.S., Met Council is acutely aware that charity alone can not remedy these cuts.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

If half these clients were eligible for the Safety Net program and utilized that program instead of HEAP funding, Erie County would incur an increase in local share expense for Safety Net of $ 1.56 million.

Most homeless services funded by the Department of Social Services are funded through the Safety Net program, which is seventy - one percent (71 %) local share.

Currently, roughly 76 percent of the city's $ 36.8 million budget is consumed by obligatory expenses, including mandatory payments into the state pension fund and the Safety Net welfare program.

Money from the fund supports some of the state's most important safety net programs --» the State's Medicaid program, Family Health Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financial plan.

Obama intended the prospect of the fiscal cliff's dramatic mandatory cuts in social programs to extort progressive Congressional Democrats into agreeing to inflict severe austerity by voting in favor of what Obama hoped would be massive cuts in social programs and the safety net adopted by the Congressional «super committee» created by the same bipartisan austerity deal that created the «fiscal cliff.»

After presenting a budget that cuts Medicaid, food stamps and other safety net programs by billions of dollars, the White House went to Capitol Hill Wednesday to defend its proposal.

In the last days of the 2014 legislative session, Cuomo negotiated with New York State United Teachers for a temporary solution, introduced a program bill creating a «safety net» for educators whose ratings were detrimentally affected by students» low Common Core test scores and advanced the legislation with a «message of necessity,» allowing lawmakers to pass it before gaveling out for the summer.

In New York, 840,000 children are lifted above the poverty line each year by safety net programs; 597,000 residents were lifted out of poverty by the earned income tax credit and child tax credit from 2011 — 2013; 576,000 low - income households rely on federal rental assistance; 2,968,000 residents received SNAP in FY 2016; and hundreds of thousands more rely on investments in job training, education, and other social services.

Kingston's share of payments into the Safety Net welfare program is on track to top $ 2 million.

KINGSTON — Ulster County Executive Michael Hein signed legislation on Monday approved by the county legislature that codifies the county's intention to absorb the cost of the state - mandated Safety Net social services program over a three - year period.

«The ongoing professional collaboration between the County's Department of Social Services and the Rockland County District Attorney has resulted in the detection of fraud in several Medicaid and other important social safety - net programs,» said Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef.

Hein also noted that 2017 will be the first year that the county absorbs all of the costs associated with the Safety Net welfare program.

The bill got hung up in the Assembly in June when Kevin Cahill, D - Kingston, demanded it be tied to Ulster County promising to take over the local cost of the Safety Net welfare programs from the county's municipalities.

What Gallo described as a «crisis» comes in the wake of a standoff between County Executive Mike Hein and Assemblyman Kevin Cahill over the Safety Net welfare program.

Ulster County's towns and the city of Kingston pay Safety Net costs based on how many participants in the program live in the communities.

Dairy farmers in Upstate New York would benefit from an investment of more than $ 1 billion into a safety net program for family farmers who have seen prices drop by one - third or more since 2014, Schumer said.

In general, the budget request for FDA stresses many of the same programs it has focused on in recent years, including building a stronger food safety net.

«To give young children a fair chance of life success, we need to strengthen basic safety net policies, including Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), expand Medicaid across all states so that parents will not be left in poor health without health coverage, and invest in programs that have proven effective in helping families overcome adversities so their children can thrive.»

According to new findings from researchers at the University of Chicago, Medicaid is now seen as an important part of the middle - class social safety net, thanks to nearly 60 percent of Americans being connected to the program directly or through a family member or close friend.

It also includes widely used safety net programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), and a significant amount of federal spending on transportation, among other things.

Washington — The Reagan Administration's promise to keep the Head Start program in its «social safety net» was nothing more than a «charade,» according to one Democratic congressman, who joined other members of the House Subcommittee on Human Resources in sharply attacking proposed policy changes for the program during a routine «oversight» hearing last week.

Detroit — Declaring Head Start part of the Reagan Administration's «social safety net,» Secretary of Health and Human Services (hhs) Richard S. Schweiker announced plans to convert all summer Head Start programs to full - time status.

Congress and the Clinton administration are barreling toward changing both the form and function of the country's social safety net, a system of programs that is cumbersome at best and broken at worst.

But they are wanting in terms of their external validity for decisions about whether to expand present public programs for four - year - olds: They are from a time when very little of today's safety net for the poor was in place, when center - based care for four - year - olds was rare and even kindergarten was not the rule, and before the wave of Hispanic immigration that transformed the demographics of early education programs for children from low - income families.

The hundreds of billions in proposed cuts to critical safety net programs, including Medicaid, food stamps, and affordable housing, would create dire consequences for our families and children, including, as recent research has demonstrated, undermining educational success.

It turns out that despite the magnitude of U.S. child poverty, a host of programs — within the package we commonly call the safety net — have been resoundingly effective in reducing poverty for children and families.

In the absence of federal oversight and a strong social safety net, we must form partnerships with health and human services directors, departments of recreation, volunteer programs, and on and on.

Although the state insurance guaranty system operates differently than the FDIC's federal deposit insurance program, it's similar in that it provides a safety net of sorts for owners of insurance policies and annuities in the event an insurer becomes insolvent.

Another aspect of the IDR program that most people are ignoring is the «safety net these plans provide to people» who would otherwise be slammed with higher monthly student loan payments.

Complete with all the convenience and purchasing power of a traditional credit card, we've created a credit program just for you that also offers a dose of education and a few safety nets built in.